Keiynan Lonsdale No Longer Arrowverse Series Regular

It was announced recently that Keiynan Lonsdale will not be returning as a series regular to neither The Flash or Legends of Tomorrow. Deadline were the first to confirm the news and while fans are disappointed Kid Flash is no longer a series regular, that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of Wally West.

The Australian actor joined CW’s Arrowverse in 2015 as Wally West in season 2 of The Flash and midway through season 4, Lonsdale/Wally migrated over to Legends of Tomorrow season 3. This seemed to fit in well with the character and fans welcomed the move but with the announcement of new series regulars Matt Ryan (returning to the role of John Constantine) and Jes Macallan (as Time Bureau agent Ava Sharpe) for season 4 of the Legends team, it seems there may not have been enough room for our other favourite speedster.

Lonsdale is due to appear in the premiere episode of The Flash’s fifth season and considering he did appear in the season 4 finale, this shouldn’t come as that much of a surprise (he has a new sibling to get to know after all).

The move does however, free up some of Lonsdale’s time as he recently appeared in the fan favourite film Love, Simon and was met with critical praise for his performance too. Could this be the start of a wonderful film career for the actor? Could this be the end of Wally West? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

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